Resolutions--constitutional Amendments

State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas energy insurance fund and the authorization of other funding mechanisms to support the construction and operation of electric generating facilities. [SJR-1]
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas energy insurance fund and the authorization of other funding mechanisms to support the construction and operation of electric generating facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schwertner Referred To State Affairs on 04/17/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the rate of a state sales or use tax. [HJR-168]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the rate of a state sales or use tax.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Turner Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the state school safety fund to provide financial support for projects that enhance the safety of public schools in this state. [HJR-170]
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the state school safety fund to provide financial support for projects that enhance the safety of public schools in this state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken King Referred To Education on 05/02/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the dedication of certain sales and use tax revenue to a special fund established in the state treasury to pay for water infrastructure in this state. [HJR-169]
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the dedication of certain sales and use tax revenue to a special fund established in the state treasury to pay for water infrastructure in this state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dustin Burrows Referred To Finance on 05/11/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of additional general obligation bonds that may be issued by the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas. [HJR-167]
Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of additional general obligation bonds that may be issued by the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janie Lopez Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a military service member who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. [HJR-165]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a military service member who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sergio Munoz Referred To Local Government on 05/05/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient or the surviving spouse of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. [SJR-79]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient or the surviving spouse of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Parker Read First Time on 03/21/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing recovery of exemplary damages by parents or a person's estate for a homicide. [HJR-166]
Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing recovery of exemplary damages by parents or a person's estate for a homicide.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Collier Referred To State Affairs on 05/05/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. [HJR-2]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Angie Button Filed With The Secretary Of State on 05/30/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the voters to remove local elected officers from office by means of a recall election. [HJR-163]
Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the voters to remove local elected officers from office by means of a recall election.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Harrison Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations to pay for tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. [HJR-164]
Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations to pay for tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Harrison Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes of a dollar amount or a percentage, whichever is greater, of the market value of a residence homestead and providing for an adjustment of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amount. [HJR-162]
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes of a dollar amount or a percentage, whichever is greater, of the market value of a residence homestead and providing for an adjustment of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amount.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Schofield Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision located wholly or partly in a populous county of a specified dollar amount, or a greater dollar amount specified by the governing body of the political subdivision, of the assessed value of a residence homestead. [HJR-161]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision located wholly or partly in a populous county of a specified dollar amount, or a greater dollar amount specified by the governing body of the political subdivision, of the assessed value of a residence homestead.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cook Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment exempting tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation. [SJR-78]
Proposing a constitutional amendment exempting tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Middleton Read First Time on 03/16/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. [HJR-160]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cook Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. [HJR-158]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cook Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation or construction in or on the property of border security infrastructure. [HJR-157]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation or construction in or on the property of border security infrastructure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a mineral interest that has a value of less than a certain amount. [HJR-159]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a mineral interest that has a value of less than a certain amount.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cook Read First Time on 03/15/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of Texas and establishing the Mental Health and Brain Institute Research Fund for the purposes of scientific research of all forms of mental health and human brain disease and disorders. [HJR-135]
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of Texas and establishing the Mental Health and Brain Institute Research Fund for the purposes of scientific research of all forms of mental health and human brain disease and disorders.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Turner Received From The House on 04/11/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water projects in this state. [HJR-130]
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water projects in this state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brooks Landgraf Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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